These little meat pies are super quick and easy to make, and my kids (and myself!) gobbled them up in no time. Plus they were great reheated for lunch the next day. I've made these with both puff pastry and phyllo pastry, and both are good. I would imagine the filling would be delicious with homemade pastry as well, but then they wouldn't be nearly as quick to make! I am going to try it with homemade pastry at some point though because I think those would be really amazing. For today ... read more
Mini Vanilla Scones
My daughter's last day of school was yesterday. Does anyone else spend weeks trying to come up with the perfect teacher gift, and then stress than they won't like it anyways? No, just me? Oh well. I need to be less neurotic about silly things like this. I really don't like just giving gift cards because it seems so impersonal, although I have certainly resorted to it on occasion, and I know they're appreciated. But my need to make things from scratch certainly translates into teacher ... read more
Grilled Peach and Avocado Salsa
So this salsa? Amazing. Homemade salsa generally is though, so much better than the store bought kind. It's one of those things that I really need to make more often. I had some peaches and avocados, and decided that they needed to go together into some kind of salsa for supper last night. And it was a good idea. I had actually tried a version of this a few days ago, when the urge to throw peaches and avocado together first struck me. And then I decided I should grill everything, ... read more
Roberta’s Famous Spaghetti Sauce
Okay, it's not really famous outside of our family, but it really should be. I have tried many, many different recipes for spaghetti sauce over the years, and I just keep coming back to this one that I got from my mother-in-law. It really is the best. Every time I try something new we think, that's pretty good, maybe we'll switch to this for a while. And then I make this recipe again and remember how good it really is. And know that we will never find a spaghetti sauce that we enjoy ... read more
Vegetable Quinoa Stirfry
I'm rather late to the quinoa party. I tried it for the first time about 6 months ago, and didn't really like it. But I was determined to keep trying it, because it's just so darn healthy. I really felt like I should like it. I think that it must be one of those things that tastes different depending on what it's made with. I don't remember how I had it the first time, but I do remember not liking it at all. Since then, it's been kind of hit and miss. Sometimes I love it, sometimes I'd ... read more